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The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists

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This week, the bestseller lists can’t come to an agreement about what’s flying off the shelves. Many titles were on two of the five biggest bestseller lists, but only one made it onto all of the top 10s, and just two appeared on four of the top 10s. The new ad... More »

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Book Review: ‘No Judgment: Essays,’ by Lauren Oyler

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NO JUDGMENTS: Essays, by Lauren OylerWhy do people like to watch boxing? We admire the fighters: their guts, their footwork. It is elegant yet brutal. It entertains. It is a form of proxy violence — someone else being hit and doing the hitting — that taps into... More »

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DC Pride to Honor Creator of First Trans Superhero

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Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.Let’s Get CriticalIn advance of the National Book Critics Circle Awards coming up this Thursday, members of the NBCC board have been shar... More »

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A Bronx Teacher Asked. Tommy Orange Answered.

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When the author received an impassioned email, he dropped everything to visit the students who inspired it.Tommy Orange sat at the front of a classroom in the Bronx, listening as a group of high school students discussed his novel “There There.”A boy wearing b... More »

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All the Feels from Start to Finish

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Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror movies and musicals, cuddling cats, ... More »

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9 of the Best Villains in Literature

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Alice Nuttall (she/her) is a writer, pet-wrangler and D&D nerd. Her reading has got so out of control that she had to take a job at her local library to avoid bankrupting herself on books - unfortunately, this has just resulted in her TBR pile growing until it... More »

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How Candida Royalle Set Out to Reinvent Porn

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BooksHow Candida Royalle Set Out to Reinvent PornAs a feminist in the adult-film industry, she believed the answer wasn’t banning porn; it was better porn.By Margaret TalbotMarch 18, 2024With her production company, Femme, Royalle sought to make hardcore movie... More »

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The Forgotten History of Hitler’s Establishment Enablers

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BooksThe Forgotten History of Hitler’s Establishment EnablersThe Nazi leader didn’t seize power; he was given it.By Adam GopnikMarch 18, 2024The media lords thought that they could control him; political schemers thought that they could outwit him. The mainstr... More »

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Zach Williams on Making a Story Travel

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This Week in FictionZach Williams on Making a Story TravelIllustration by The New Yorker; Source photograph by Jemimah WeiSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyIn your story “Neighbors,” a couple moves west to San Francisco in the wake of... More »

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Zach Williams Reads “Neighbors”

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The Writer’s VoiceZach Williams Reads “Neighbors”Illustration by The New Yorker; Source photograph by Jemimah WeiSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyListen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive ... More »

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